The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF)
12th–21st March 2010
15. A Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Miniature Rouleau Vase
Mid-Ming Dynasty, Second Half 15th Century
The cylindrical vase has a slightly flaring neck. It is carved around the exterior with branches of flowering magnolia, osmanthus and prunus against a ground of trailing water pattern below a band of key-pattern around the rim.
11 cm. high